Hair Capital

Ever since I moved to Atlanta from Tokyo I’ve been looking for a place to do my hair. Hair Capital is where I love to get my color done. It’s often busy and the language spoken is Engrish, but the personalities and craziness make for an interesting time. If you are Asian like I am and have had issues with white stylists not quite understanding your hair and charging you a fortune, then Hair Capital is definitely worth trying.

My friend recommended that I try Hair Capital, so I made an appointment the on Monday to get a haircut the next day. A week prior to this, I tried a new salon in Suwanee, and I absolutely hated the haircut I got so I was hoping for a better shaped cut. I made an appointment with Angel (not sure if her name is Angel or Angela.), and I arrived 30 minutes early so I sat and waited until the appointment time.
Overall, I gave this experience a 3 star because the cut itself was fine. I wasn’t greatly satisfied or dissatisfied. But the reason why it did not receive any higher rating was because while Angel was cutting my hair with a razor, she cut the back of my neck. I felt a sting of pain, but I disregarded it because it wasn’t a big deal. The next day, I realized that the back of my neck had been cut. People make mistakes, so it would have been fine if only she had let me know that she accidentally gave me a small cut with her razor. I was really disappointed that she didn’t even mention it.

This place is great! Lan worked on my hair. It wasn’t easy because I had several layers of black dye in my hair. I wanted to go platinum blonde, but in order to do that I have to go through several stages to take the black dye out and lighten the overall color. I am impressed she got all the black dye out in one day. I was getting really sick of it and was hesitant and scared to try to change my color to anything else other than black, but I don’t have to worry anymore now. I trust Lan and will be coming back in the future for touch ups and cuts.

I was struggling to find a new hairdresser since moving to Atlanta. I think I’ve found her! Lan is amazing! She’s a bit pricey but the results are amazing. She’s very nice and she knows just what I like!

I hate to see two of my favorite hairstylists (Angel and Kevin) just lose their «magic». Maybe they were overworked or have a busy schedule… nevertheless, I still came back a few times. Lesson learned. I’m not going back… ever.

Finally found my go-​to hair salon!
I’m an African American woman and I recently moved to the area last year. Like so many others, it’s been such a pain to find a good hair stylist. I liken it to finding a suitable mate! I found this place through my nail technician at Nouvelle (awesome nail salon btw) and she advised I book an appointment with Lan. And boy am I glad that I did!
I initially went to Lan to fix a bad hair cut that I’d recieved from another salon. I didn’t even have to tell her where the mistakes were. She knew exactly what needed to be done. I’ve been hooked ever since! I’d never gotten color in my hair, but trusted her to give me highlights and she did a marvelous job. My hair looks exactly like the photo I showed her on my phone.
She’s kind and not overly talkative as I’ve experienced in other salons (I’m an introvert :) silence doesn’t bother me) I can’t speak on the other stylists and hope I never have to leave Lan’s chair to experience anyone else :)
Advice: If you can book your initial appointment via a visit to the shop, I’d strongly advise that you do so. The only bad experience I had was when I booked my second appointment over the phone and when I got there they didn’t have record of the appointment. So I had to wait a ridiculous amount of time because they were very busy that day for some reason. Since then I ALWAYS book my appointments while I’m in the salon and Lan herself puts it in the book. And I haven’t had an issue since.
Finally, I love the fact that she’s ready when I get there. I go directly back to hair washing and she only works on 1 person at a time (except for when I got the highlights and she cut 1 guy’s hair while my color set. No issue). That’s very important to me because I like to be in and out. So many salons and stylists have you sitting there while they work on 4 different people at one time… running around like headless chickens! No thank you.
The 1 issue with the booking, and the fact that the salon does not do relaxers is the ONLY reason I’m not giving 5 stars.
Go with Lan. You won’t be sorry. …hope this was helpful. Good luck in your search

Location: on the outside the salon doesn’t leave much of an impression, but the inside is gorgeous. They have a small waiting area.
Service:
Headwash: I’m not sure how much it cost but the product they used felt refreshing and left my hair really soft. They gave a decent head massage and neck massage.
Haircut: I tend to shy away from men hairdressers because they tend to be heavy handed, but this guy was great. Very talkative and personable. He took his time and gave me exactly what I wanted. He gave great suggestions for helping take care of my hair and even gave me his personal card. His name is Kevin and I highly recommend him. He only works there Saturdays and Sundays.

Appointments RARELY honored but I find a way to accept this since my barber is great. She remembers me and what I want. She humors and caters to my nitpickiness. Price is relatively less compared to many salons.
Plenty of parking.

Lan is the best! I’ve been going to her for over 3 years. After having bad experiences at other places I won’t let anyone else cut my hair.

Angela dyed my hair from a jet black to a dark blonde. So satisfied! You would think that making a drastic change like this would require some bleaching, but Angela did my hair and managed to do a great job without any damaging! Love!

Hair Capital is located in Asian Square shopping center just inside the perimeter by Sweet Hut. Most of the hairdressers also speak Chinese, or Vietnamese if you know of people who would prefer to communicate in their native tongue. I came here with a friend since she always gets her hair done here (I usually go to Pika Pika in Duluth). We went in around noon on Saturday and man, was it packed. Luckily, they have about 5 (or more?) hair stylists, and a girl that specifically washes your hair.
The owner informed us that we had to wait about 20 minutes so we went over to Sweet Hut first. When we came back 15 minutes later, the line had not gotten any shorter. I think we still had to wait an additional 15 to 20 minutes. The girl who washes your hair does a really nice scalp massage. They only have a couple of rinsing stations so she actually shampoos at the salon chair. Pretty cool.
I got my hair cut by Angela. Since I was just getting a trim, there’s not that much to say on technique. I do feel like they do rush through each of their clientele though. Since there was a line, she was not as careful with the length of my hair. After the cut, she didn’t show me the back and rushed me off. I wanted a straight cut (instead of layers) and there were areas that she had missed .I don’t know if I’m just kind of OCD about the straight cut but I ended up having to get my friend to just cut off the anomaly.
I think I would come back but I’d definitely try a different stylist. I’d also recommend making an appointment because the walk-​in wait is pretty long.

Trying to find a place to get my hair cut is like trying to find a mate. A lot of options, all WAAAY too expensive!
Hair Capital is exactly what I was looking for. Affordable, super Asian and I never have to wait in line! I come right in and get an instant haircut. They cost $ 15 for a male’s hair cut before tip. Pretty sweet gig, right?
I usually go for the male hair stylists. All of them have been great. Most of them are fluent in Mandarin, so if you can speak Chinese, good for you. If you don’t know Chinese, you are fine. These guys all do a good job and if you are Asian, I highly suggest coming there. They know how to handle the texture and even color the dark black if you want to walk out with ligher hair.

The slowest worst haircut you can get for a guy and all for 20 bucks!

I decided to sleep on it before I spew vitriol all over this review, but a night’s rest did not placate my disappointment and anger towards this salon. Per recommendations of a few folks, I booked an appointment with Chi Lan here the last time I decided to get a haircut. I arrived at that appointment 10 minutes early and she denied recalling the appointment. That’s fine… I attributed it to maybe a clerical error. I told them, it’s ok, someone else can cut my hair. I think Hoang cut my hair that time. He did a decent job and I considered going back to him the next time I wanted a haircut. After having shared my experiences with others, they said to try again with ChiLan. I thought fair enough.
Again, I called about 1 week in advance to book the appointment. It was confirmed for 10:30 this past Sunday. Lo and behold, I got there and she’s just finished washing another client’s hair. She was starting to cut her hair when I asked the apathetic receptionist if I will be able to be seen on time. He told me to take with her. I asked her and she looked like a deer in the headlights. Honestly, if I had time, I would have considered waiting. I was particularly irritated because I made plans with my bf and his family for lunch. Even though I gave myself a 2 hr window for the appointment, I didn’t want to cut it close with timing because we had already made reservations. Again, I just said, whoever can take me in. So I sat there until 11. Then a man came in. A member of his family was getting her hair done. She decided to get her hair dyed as well. Then he asked to have another member of his family to get her haircut as well. The stylists took her in. I was very, very irked. At that point, ChiLan said, don’t forget about her (pointing to me). Finally a guy came to get me.
Yes, I was already ticked off. I was contemplating a short hair style bc I have a lot of damaged hair from bleaching previously done on my hair. I asked him if he could cut my hair short. He shook his head no. Umm… what? You cannot cut short hair or you don’t want to cut my hair short or you don’t think I’ll look good with short hair? I know I have a round face and all, but… He couldn’t communicate it with me despite me asking for clarifications. I was very disturbed. So I told him to just trim ~3 inches off. In total, he spent ~10 minutes cutting my hair and ~10 minutes blow drying. It’s not that I’m questioning his skills (perhaps I am), and duration of haircut does not necessarily correlate to quality of haircut, but he obviously did not put any heart into it. At that point though, I didn’t care anymore. I was doneeeeee… as in I’m done with this salon.
I have countless experiences in customer service through my previous jobs as server and an aesthetician. I consider my current profession as a nutritionist part of the service industry. I strive to provide my clients with the best service I can provide for them. I am extremely empathetic towards others in the service industry. I try to be pleasant, understanding, and accommodating towards unexpected circumstances. Ultimately, I feel I have a right to criticize this salon for their lack of professionalism and respect for me as a client. No, I will not be going back here, unless I’m crazy, stupid, drunk, dazed and confused and mistaken it for Sweet Hut

Been going to Khanh since I was 12 and I WILL NEVER go to anyone else!!! Love this place!!!

Recommended by Michelle K to this great place. Otherwise I would never think about coming here! It’s in the same plaza as sweet hut on buford highway. How convenient! ;)
My stylist did an awesome job adding layers to my hair. Very satisfied with the results and got tonnes of compliment about my haircut. The price ($ 32 w/​o tip) might be a little higher than the other asian haircut place I went to ($ 25 w/​o tip). But I still gave a generous tip since my stylist was so awesome! :D Other staff there was super friendly too. So glad I came here!

If I could comment and give 0 stars and I would! This is the worst hair cut I’ve gotten I my entire life. But let me give you my experience. This place is on Buford highway and if you know the area it’s Asian town. I’m Asian but have never had my hair cut at an Asian hair salon but I figured how can you get a long layer look wrong. Well. it’s is possible. The salon was ok looking, not ghetto but not a nice place either.
I went on a Sunday and made a 2pm appointment over the phone. Apparently it was a fake appointment because even though I got there at 2 pm I didn’t get called until 2:45.
I don’t even know the name of the guy that cut my hair. He didn’t ask for my name and did not introduce himself. And the only time he spoke to me was asking what I wanted done. I’m simple, I say trim 3 inches and some layers. Well it appeared as if he kept messing up because little by little he kept cutting over and over again. Before I realize there’s 6 inches cut off! And the layers look so horrible, it almost makes my hair look frizzy. And then when it came to blow drying my hair, he never used a brush. He used his fingers only. I’m 37 years old and have had straight long hair all my life. Every hair dresser in my life has used a brush! After he finished blow drying my hair I could really see how bad it was. He tried to cut some more to fix it again, but I stopped him. I knew he was going to continually mess up. I normally never get too upset about a hair cut because I know it will grow, but his was BAD! I did pay for the hair cut $ 20 because I didn’t feel like arguing with the owner, But I definitely did not tip the hair dresser. Anyone that knows me know that I’m a generous tipper. I even tip if the service is bad and my friends yell at me for doing that. But this guy I was so angry that I don’t even feel bad for not tipping. I don’t know his name, but he has a really short hair cut and wears glasses. Looked in his early twenties and was sort of trendy. He wore skinny jeans, color pink with a white slim cut button down. Stay away if you care about your hair.

I go to Hair Capital all the time since it’s the only asian hair salon and I’m asian so I thought they would do a better job handling my hair. And they are plus they are cheaper than other hair salons. Last time I got a hair cut though, I wanted to chop it all off and so a guy there RAZORED my hair. I don’t know why he couldn’t use scissors but he just used a razor to pretty much do the same job as scissors but do 10x more damage! Now it’s been a few months and my hair has grown out uneven and i can see the split ends forming. Judging from past reviews I think the guy who cut my hair is name Anh Kanh, yeah he isn’t that great. So now I’m going to try Chi Lan!

I’m very happy with my recent visits to at Hair Capital. Maintaining blonde highlights isn’t easy, especially if your hair is dark brown, practically black but Lan has done a great job. She also continues to cut my hair in a very flattering way so I’m able to get away with letting it grow out, every 3 months or so.
I enjoy my visits here and the service is exactly what I expect and more. The staff is friendly and the shampoo girls don’t slack and give great scalp massages.
I’m happy to be a regular here and as much as going lighter is burning a hole in my wallet, it’s worth every cent (to me!) :)

I came to get my hair styled, since I saw from their window that they specialize in many things, including up-do’s. The waiting time was pretty quick; I’d say I waited around 10 minutes. All the while, I perused what few hair styling books they had. For a place that specializes in hair for special occasions, they didn’t have many example books. But anyway.
First, I got my hair washed by the lady in the back (that spoke both Vietnamese and Cantonese), but it wasn’t such a thorough job. She pretty much just rubbed some shampoo the outer portion, rinsed, and repeated with the conditioner.
There were about four people who worked in front — a younger girl, and older woman, a young man, and an older man. I noticed they generally took the type of client that most suited them (i.e. older gentlemen went to the older guy). So I got the younger woman and she did a pretty okay job. I say this because she didn’t really seem to rush, even though there were other people waiting to be serviced. She didn’t care to make any type of small talk, like most hair stylists do, so I just sat in silence. The end result looked alright. but it was definitely not worth the price ($ 35 + tip). I have gotten better styling for a cheaper price across the street at New Image Salon. But maybe I’m cheap for considering that to be expensive. Meh.
Ergo. two stars.